Reply #452: Employment at will is the prevailing principle in the US for private employers

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Unless she has a contract that gives her freedom to make such comments, or there is another specific exception to EAW that applies in her case (there are six big categories of exceptions, such as a violation of a statute like the Civil Rights Act of 1964), they can fire (or suspend, or penalize, etc.) her for any reason, a bad reason, or no reason at all. If they don't want her to blog about whether 70 degree weather is nicer than 80 degree weather, they can forbid it. If she doesn't like it, she can quit.

This issue comes up a lot on DU. DUers need to do some research and find out how few rights employees have. You're simply wrong about this.